Speakers

Stephen Durham

Institution:
National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, UK

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Stephen Durham is Head of Allergy and Clinical Immunology at National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London and Professor of Allergy and Respiratory Medicine at Royal Brompton Hospital.

His clinical practice includes asthma, rhinitis, immunotherapy, general allergy and food and drug allergy. His research interests include basic mechanisms of allergic rhinitis and asthma and he has a particular focus on translational studies of allergen immunotherapy. He has over 400 publications and a current H index of 64. He is Past President of the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Head of the Allergy Consortium of the International Immune Tolerance NIAID USA and External Adviser to the NIH Inner City Asthma Consortium.

Topic

Allergy
Friday 15th – 11:30

Felix Herth

Institution:
Department of Pneumology and Critical Care Medicine, University of Heidelberg, Germany

Major Committee Assignments:
2006 Vice-President of European Association for Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology (EAB)
2009 European Health Leader
2012 Assembly secretary of the European Respiratory Society (ERS)
2012 President of European Association for Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology (EAB)
2013 Editor in Chief Respiration

Professional Society
German Society of Pulmonology
European Respiratory Society
European Association for Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology
American Association of Bronchology
World Association of Bronchology

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Marc Humbert

Marc Humbert, MD, PhD, is Professor of Medicine at the South Paris University, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France.

In addition to his academic responsibilities, Marc Humbert is consultant and specialist at the National Referal Centre for Pulmonary Hypertension and Severe Asthma Clinic, Department of Respiratory and Intensive Care Medicine, Hôpital Bicêtre, Assistance-Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, France. Marc Humbert is Director of the INSERM UMR_S 999 “Pulmonary Hypertension: Pathophysiology and Innovative Therapies” and Director of the “Thorax Innovation” University Hospital Department. He is Vice Dean of the South Paris University School of Medicine, President of the Research Committee and Vice President of the Board of Directors of the Assistance-Publique Hôpitaux de Paris. He was the Editor of the Proceedings of the World Conference of Pulmonary Hypertension (Dana Point, 2008) and of the European Respiratory Review from 2009 to 2012. He is currently the Editor in Chief of the European Respiratory Journal. He has been awarded with the ERS Cournand Lecture in 2006 with a lecture on “The Burden of Pulmonary Hypertension”.

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Hans-Ulrich Kauczor

Institution:University Clinic, Heidelberg, Germany

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Hans-Ulrich Kauczor is medical director of the Clinic of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology at the University Clinic in Heidelberg.

Hans-Ulrich Kauczor studied medicine at the Universities in Bonn, Heidelberg and Cologne, Germany. After his graduation, he completed his residency in radiology and received his “Habilitation” degree at the University of Mainz in 1998. After having been an Associate Professor in Mainz he became full Professor for Radiology in 2003 and led the Department of Radiology at the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) in Heidelberg before taking the Chairmanship of Radiology at the University of Heidelberg in 2008. Currently he holds the positions of chairman of radiology and medical director of the Clinic of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology. He is especially known for his clinical and scientific work applying computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in the fields of chest diseases and oncology. Since 1990 he has published more than 700 scientific publications. He served as President of the European Society of Thoracic Imaging (2011), the German-Japanese Radiological Affiliation (2011-2013), the International Workshop of Pulmonary Functional Imaging (2011-2015), the Fleischner Society (2015). He also served as chair of the research committee and member of the executive committee of the European Society of Radiology (2013-2016). He is actively contributing to continuous national and international education and training activities, e.g. in the European School of Radiology (ESOR). Since 2018 he is Chair of the Translational Lung Research Center Heidelberg as member of the board of directors of the German Center of Lung Research (DZL).

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Christoph Lange

Institution:
Medical Clinic Research Center Borstel and University of Lübeck, Germany

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Christoph Lange is Professor of International Health / Infectious Diseases at the University of Lübeck, Head of Clinical Infectious Diseases and principle attending physician at the Medical Clinic of the Research Center Borstel, Germany and Head of the Clinical Tuberculosis Center at the German Center for Infection Research (DZIF).

He is Honorary Professor at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, the University of Namibia in Windhoek and the State University of Medicine and Pharmacy of the Republic of Moldova in Chisinau, where he travels regularly for teaching.

Topic

Tuberculosis & InfectionSaturday 16th – 13:15

Gilbert Massard

Institution:
Department of Thoracic Surgery; University Hospital of Strasburg, France

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Thoracic Surgery & Lung TransplantationSaturday 16th – 14:00

Paolo Pelosi

Institution:
Department of Surgical Sciences and Integrated Diagnostics (DISC), University of Genoa, Italy

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Paolo Pelosi is currently Chief Professor in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care and Director of the Speciality School in Anaesthesiology at the University of Genoa, as well as Head of the Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Unit at the IRCCS San Martino-IST Hospital, Genoa, Italy.

He grew up in Milan and attended the University of Milan, graduating magna cum laude in Medicine and Surgery. After graduation, he completed his studies first as Specialist in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care and then as Research Fellow in Anaesthesiology at the University of Milan. He served as Associate Professor in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine at the University of Insubria, Varese from 1999 to 2010. His activity has been always directed both to the clinical and research field. The main research interests of Prof. Pelosi have been directed to respiratory physiology during anaesthesia and respiratory failure. Prof. Pelosi developed several collaborations with highly scientifically reputed groups in European and Extra-European countries, for research in the field of mechanical ventilation and sepsis in experimental and clinical settings. Furthermore, he is also experienced in meta-analysis and leading of large prospective randomized controlled trials as well as observational trials. He is actively involved in the Fellowship and Resident educational program at the University of Genoa. He served as President of the European Society of Anaesthesiology ESA (2010-2011) and first as Secretary and than as Head of the Respiratory Intensive Care Assembly 2 at the European Respiratory Society. He is member of the Board of International Meetings’ Organizing Committees. He was Editor and/or Co-Editor of several books and scientific issues. He is Author or Co-Author of over 300 medical and scientific peer review papers, 80 book chapters and has lectured in more than 1000 national and international meetings on ventilation management during the perioperative period and on the pathophysiology and treatments of acute respiratory failure. Total IF 947, H-Index 40 (Scopus).

Topic

Acute Respiratory Failure & Critical Care
Saturday 16th – 11:00

Johan Vansteenkiste

Institution:
University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium

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Johan Vansteenkiste is Professor of Internal Medicine in the Faculty of Medicine at the Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium, and Head of Clinic in the Respiratory Oncology Unit and its Clinical Trial Unit at the Leuven University Hospital, Belgium.

Professor Vansteenkiste studied Medicine at the Catholic University of Leuven before becoming a Board Certified Pulmonologist-Oncologist. He had additional training in Respiratory Oncology at the European School of Oncology in Milan, Italy, and in Respiratory Endoscopy at the Laser Centre in Marseille, France, before gaining his PhD at the Catholic University of Leuven in 1996. Professor Vansteenkiste is an active member of different national and international societies such as IASLC, ASCO, ESMO, ERS, and others. He is member of the Board of Directors of IASLC in 2009-2013 and member of the ESMO Lung Educational Group and Guidelines Group. He was Secretary of the Thoracic Oncology Assembly of the ERS and member of the ERS School Board from 2009-2012. He is the principal investigator or co-investigator in several clinical trials in the area of lung cancer. He is Associate Editor at the Journal of Thoracic Oncology, member of the editorial board of the Journal of Clinical Oncology and several other journals, and author or co-author of more than 200 peer-reviewed papers and book chapters on Respiratory Oncology.

Topic

OncologyFriday 15th – 9:30

Mark Woodhead

Institution:
Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester, UK

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Mark Woodhead has a full-time NHS contract including 12 (11 NHS, 1 CLRN) programmed activities to provide Respiratory and General Medical care. He is responsible for on average 20 inpatients, conduct three outpatient clinics, two ward rounds, one Lung cancer multi-disciplinary team meeting and one bronchoscopy list per week. He supervises a team of one SpR, one SHO/Clinical fellow and one F1. He is on-call for the acute medical take one weekend in 7 plus week nights.

Present Appointment
Since 2011 Honarary clinical professor of respiratory medicine, University of Manchester
Since 1992 Consultant in general and respiratory medicine, Manchester Royal Infirmary

Professional Memberships
Fellow, Royal College of Physicians
British Thoracic Society
European Respiratory Society
American Thoracic Society

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